Table of Contents

Foundations of Sociology What is Sociology? Society and Culture The Human World Exploring the Human World The Human World and the Natural World Why Sociology Matters Notes

About the Author

RICHARD JENKINS is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sheffield. He has done field research in Northern Ireland, England, Wales and Denmark. His previous books include Lads, Citizens and Ordinary Kids (1983), Racism and Recruitment (1986), Pierre Bourdieu (1992), Social Identity (1996) and Rethinking Ethnicity (1997).